Month: August 2017

The Stanley Cup is the most coveted trophy in all of hockey. Young hockey players dream of winning it, hoisting it in the air and earning a chance to take it home with them for a day during the offseason. What would you do if you had sole possession of the Stanley Cup for an

The Stanley Cup is the most coveted trophy in all of hockey. Young hockey players dream of winning it, hoisting it in the air and earning a chance to take it home with them for a day during the offseason. What would you do if you had sole possession of the Stanley Cup for an

Two days after her stunning win over No. 2 seed Simona Halep, Maria Sharapova won another three-set match to advance to the third round of the US Open. Sharapova defeated Hungary’s Timea Babos 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-1. The five-time major champion is playing in her first Grand Slam tournament since serving a 15-month doping suspension.

Former ESPN college football analyst Ed Cunningham told The New York Times in a piece published Wednesday that he left his job earlier this year partly because of his discomfort with how the game affects its participants physically — especially later in life. “I take full ownership of my alignment with the sport,” he told

French rugby president Bernard Laporte has rejected demands for his resignation, despite being mired in a potential conflict of interests scandal that has prompted five members of the French Rugby Federation’s (FFR) Appeals Board to quit. Laporte — the former head coach of the French national side and a sports minister under Nicolas Sarkozy —

Featherweight world titleholders Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares, who were supposed to fight each other in a mandatory rematch this fall, instead will defend their belts against separate opponents first. Santa Cruz will defend his 126-pound world title against Chris Avalos and Mares will defend his secondary belt against Andres Gutierrez on Oct. 14

In combat sports, there is always a fine line between winning and losing. The simplest of mistakes can result in a loss, not to mention bodily harm. Every athlete is human, and thus capable of making a mistake. That goes for their coaches as well. ESPN asked several of the best trainers in mixed martial

The FedEx Cup playoffs roll on as the best on the PGA Tour head to Boston for the Dell Technologies Championship. Our panel of ESPN and FantasyGolfInsider experts have laid out the players whom they believe have the skills to succeed and provide big fantasy-point totals. Picks to win Jason Day Apparently FedEx Cup playoff

Steve Nicol doesn’t understand why Danny Drinkwater would want to leave Leicester City to a potential bench role at Chelsea. Eden Hazard has urged his Chelsea and Belgium teammate Michy Batshuayi to find playing time — even if it’s away from Stamford Bridge — if the club’s reported move for Swansea’s Fernando Llorente comes to

2:00 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports The attempts to connect to the past during the throwback weekend of paint schemes for the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway helps bring back memories, and maybe even a wish to watch those

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) will stream at least five matches from the new women’s domestic competition this season as part of the governing body’s strategy to grow the women’s game. With 10 clubs in a league format, the Tyrrells Premier 15s starts on September 16 and the clubs will play each other home and

Wednesday’s win was the biggest of Miguel Angel Lopez’s career to date Britain’s Chris Froome extended his lead in the Vuelta a Espana as Colombia’s Miguel Angel Lopez claimed a solo victory on stage 11. Team Sky’s Froome was second on the mountainous stage which finished in the Sierra Nevada in Andalucia. The four-time Tour

Last week’s training camp in St Andrews has given Scott Cummings a taste of what it is like to play international rugby. The Glasgow Warriors second row forward was called up to Gregor Townsend’s training squad for the three-day camp and it has only made him more keen to make the step up. The 20-year-old

It’s hard to top the summer Sidney Crosby and the rest of the Pittsburgh Penguins had, as they celebrated all over the world with the Stanley Cup. Phil Kessel won the offseason when he ate hot dogs — and trolled some critics — out of the trophy. And perhaps no one had more fun partying

Benedikt Howedes had fallen down the pecking order at Schalke. Juventus have completed the signing of defender Benedikt Howedes from Schalke on a one-year loan with a view to a permanent transfer. Howedes, 29, departs Schalke having been one of the longest-serving players in the Bundesliga, joining the club from SG Herten-Langenbochum as a 13-year-old

Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, one year removed from a horrific knee injury that some thought would end his career, is “all-in, trying to get ready to play,” Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said Tuesday. Bridgewater is rehabbing daily at the team’s practice facility, and Zimmer said the quarterback has “progressed a lot.” “I don’t watch him every